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lonewulf
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Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade?
      02/11/16 12:46 PM



Don't mean to stick my oar in here but for what it's worth, I have a 1903 MS take down rifle, also with British proof marks, which has exactly the same set-back fore sight as your rifle.

My rifle doesn't have a date of manufacture on it either. However, for various reasons I believe it was probably manufactured somewhere between 1920 and 1925.

Those reasons (which may apply to your rifle but then again maybe not) are:

1) It has a capital 'T' in a circle on the barrel. This mark was apparently put on rifles during or immediately after the First World War.

2) MS sporting rifles weren't made during WW 1, or for a few years thereafter; and

3) Rifles that were imported into the UK were required to be so marked from 1925. My rifle doesn't carry such a mark.

When exactly the set-back fore sight was introduced on MS rifles, I don't know.

Anyway, hope some of this may help.

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* Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Louis 30/10/16 08:08 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Jorgen   30/10/16 10:55 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? kuduae   01/11/16 06:21 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Waidmannsheil   01/11/16 11:12 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Waidmannsheil   01/11/16 11:22 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? GG375   01/11/16 12:06 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Louis   02/11/16 06:39 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? GG375   04/11/16 01:40 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Kiwi_bloke   04/11/16 06:23 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Rothhammer1   01/10/20 12:20 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Hook   05/10/20 12:52 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Rothhammer1   07/10/20 02:28 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Louis   07/10/20 06:57 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Hook   07/10/20 08:02 AM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Louis   04/11/16 08:51 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? lonewulf   04/11/16 11:17 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? Louis   04/11/16 11:52 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? lonewulf   02/11/16 12:46 PM
. * * Re: Dating a M. 1908 of the British trade? 50Calshtr   03/11/16 02:31 AM
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